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(MddeL) v I O. P. MOSMAN.

Coffin-Handle Tip.

No; 227,816. Patented May 18, 1880.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. MOSMAN, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. ROGERS & BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

COFFlN-HANDLE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,816, dated May 18, 1880, Application filed March 13, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MOSMAN, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Coffin -Handle Tips; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,.to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a sectional side view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the two parts as prepared for putting together.

This invention relates to the tip or finish for the end of that class of coffin handles which consist of a longitudinal bar hinged to the side of the coffin, the object being to tip the bar with a black or ebony tip. Material, however, is not to be understood as limiting this invention; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafterdescribed, and particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the metal portion or socket.

2 5 of the tip, which may be of any desirable shape or style, and fitted for attachment to the end of the bar by a shank, B, or in any other suitable manner. At the outer end of the metal part A a recess, C, is formed, its sides consist- 0 ing of a series of tongues, a, pointed, or of any other desirable form, and in the center of this recess a spike, d-preferably a large tack-is introduced into the mold in which the tip is, cast and secured in the process of casting, and as seen in Fig.2; it may be a screw or 5 any substantial equivalent therefor.

D is the tip end. At its base it is constructed to fit into the recess C, and is pressed or turned onto the spike d as a means for holding it in the recess. in diameter from the base outward, so that the points a may be bent inward against it to aid in holding it in position. The part D is preferably made of wood, and black, or in imitation of ebony, or may be of any other color. 5

The spike d may be omitted, and the points to serve as the only means for securing the tip D in place; but the spike is preferable.

I claim- 1. Atip for coffin-handles, consisting of the metal portion A, constructed with the recess C, provided with the spike d, and the tip end D, set onto said spike within said recess, substantially as described.

2. The metal tip-socket A, constructed with a recess, C, with the points a around said recess, combined with the tip D, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. MOSMAN. Witnesses:

GEO. F. ROGERS, GEO. W. RoeERs.

Preferably it diminishes 4.0 

